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Definition of Pip

1. Noun. A disease of poultry.

2. Verb. Kill by firing a missile. "They want to pip the prisoners "

3. Noun. A minor nonspecific ailment.

4. Verb. Hit with a missile from a weapon.

5. Noun. A small hard seed found in some fruits.

6. Verb. Defeat thoroughly. "The fighter managed to pip his opponent"; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

7. Noun. A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit).

8. Noun. A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface.

Definition of Pip

1. n. A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

2. n. A seed, as of an apple or orange.

3. n. One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.

4. v. i. To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

Definition of Pip

1. to break through the shell of an egg [v PIPPED, PIPPING, PIPS]

Medical Definition of Pip

1. A contagious disease of fowls, characterised by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them. Origin: OE. Pippe, D. Pip, or F. Pepie; from LL. Pipita, fr. L. Pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite. A seed, as of an apple or orange. Origin: Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pip

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